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Let Your Fingers Do The Walking

Oh how I miss those thin yellow sheets of paper bound into 1000 page books... Capitalists everywhere must absolutely love DARPA's military-born contribution to society.

Then:

1. Idea pops in head to print panorama shot and mount on foam core
   
2. Reach for thick bound yellow book sitting atop refrigerator.
3. Struggle 5 minutes thumbing through the book to find the right category - photo finishing? photo lab? photographic equipment?
4. Spend another 15 minutes reading through pages of varying sized ads with no real help on what's better than the other
5. Call your photographer friends and see what they recommend
   
6. Spend next 30 minutes calling different locations, gathering pricing, comparing services, turnaround times, etc.
7. Decide on service providers and deliver finished product

Now:

1. Idea pops in head to print panorama shot and mount on foam core
   
2. Google for "panorama prints", five minutes later find EZPrints. Cha-ching. (For you photo geeks out there, this is a GREAT shop. You choose 6 or 12 inch height, width depends on size of print. They charge by the foot.)
   
3. Google for "foam core mounting san francisco", 30 seconds later come up with Oscar's photo lab. Place a call, three minutes later get referred to BPS Repro.
   
4. Google for BPS Reprographic, get phone number, place call, five minutes later get price quote and 1 day turnaround time. Cha-ching.

The internet: the ultimate tool for draining bank accounts of shopaholics everywhere.

Now to go find those polyurethane control arm bushings that I've been "needing".

posted by VirtualErn @ 12:25 PM

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